Government of the Province of Canada

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The Government of the Province of Canada was the colonial administration that governed the united territories of Upper and Lower Canada from 1841 until Confederation in 1867.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial government
executive authority
appliesToJurisdiction Canada East
Canada West
Lower Canada
Upper Canada
capital Kingston
Montreal
Quebec City
Toronto
constitutionalBasis Act of Union 1840
country Province of Canada
currencyUsed Canadian pound
dissolvedBy British North America Act 1867
endTime 1867
eventAssociatedWithDissolution Canadian Confederation
executiveBody Executive Council of the Province of Canada
followed Government of Lower Canada
Government of Upper Canada
formedByUnionOf Province of Lower Canada
linked to: Lower Canada

Province of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
hadOfficialLanguage English
French
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of the Province of Canada
headOfState Monarch of the United Kingdom
linked to: British monarch
introducedResponsibleGovernment 1848
legalSystem English common law in Canada West
French civil law in Canada East
legislativeBody Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
Parliament of the Province of Canada
monarchDuringExistence Queen Victoria
notableHeadOfGovernment George-Étienne Cartier
John A. Macdonald
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
Robert Baldwin
partOf British Empire
region British North America
linked to: British America
replacedBy Government of Canada
Government of Ontario
Government of Quebec
representedBy Governor General of the Province of Canada
startTime 1841
subordinateTo British Government
succeededBy Dominion Government of Canada
Provincial Government of Ontario
Provincial Government of Quebec
usedSystemOfGovernment constitutional monarchy
parliamentary system

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Government of Upper Canada followedBy Government of the Province of Canada
Government of Upper Canada replacedBy Government of the Province of Canada
Government of Upper Canada mergedInto Government of the Province of Canada
colonial government of Upper Canada replacedBy government of the Province of Canada
linked to: Government of the Province of Canada
Executive Council of Upper Canada replacedBy Executive Council of the Province of Canada
linked to: Government of the Province of Canada
Rebellion Losses Bill controversy supportedBy government of Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin
linked to: Government of the Province of Canada
Attorney General for Canada East partOf government of the Province of Canada
linked to: Government of the Province of Canada
2nd Earl Cathcart notableWork Administration of the Province of Canada
linked to: Government of the Province of Canada
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal constructedBy Government of the Province of Canada
Quebec Conference of 1864 organizedBy Province of Canada government
linked to: Government of the Province of Canada